By Imari Mora ism5@txstate.edu SAN MARCOS- Univision’s Emmy award-winning reporter Gary Cooper shared tips Thursday on making it from South Texas to a major market during the last day of Mass Comm Week. Cooper began his lecture with telling Texas State students as well as Laredo High school journalism students the ugly truth. Looking forwardRead More
By R. Hans Miller SAN MARCOS, TEXAS – Jon-Stephen Stansel, Texas State University’s social media coordinator spoke Thursday at the university’s Mass Comm Week event about the challenges associated with managing social media for a major educational institution. A room full of Texas State students gathered in Old Main at 8 a.m. to hear aboutRead More
By Jairo Devora As the age of technology continues to expand and evolve, something as simple as introducing yourself can impact your life forever, as it did for one Facebook networking professional. San Antonio native and University of Texas alumnus, Justin Johnson, is a networking professional based in Austin who, through Facebook, “manages different companies’Read More
By Sophia De La Rosa Mass Comm Week is coming to a close, but the best has been saved for last as the newly renovated co-location of The University Star and KTSW 89.9 was revealed at the Student Media open house Thursday. Judy Oskam, the director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, saysRead More
By Morgan Mitchell mkm129@txstate.edu San Marcos, TX – Nick Whitaker presented at Mass Comm Week 2016 Wednesday on Google News Lab and other evolving technologies. Whitaker, a product marketing manager at Google, spoke to students during Mass Comm Week on three separate occasions. Each time he spoke about the tools that Google offers as well asRead More
By Sarah Sanchez, scs142@txstate.edu Melissa Field may not be on the front lines reporting the action, but she is the last line of defense before those stories go to print, making her role vital when publishing a newspaper. Field is the desk chief for Stars and Stripes, an independent newspaper for the U.S. Military. ForRead More
By Madeleine Page mlp32@txstate.edu Training Development Manager of Google News Lab, Nick Whitaker, visited Mass Comm week at Texas State University on Wednesday to inform students of the various tools Google provides for journalists. Whitaker informs journalists around the world about Google News Lab and the accessible and useful services it provides for storytelling. WhitakerRead More
BY JORDAN GHRIST jg1483@txstate.edu Several Texas State advertising alumni returned to campus Wednesday to talk to current advertising students about becoming a professional at an advertising agency. The panel, titled “Charting Your Course: There’s More to Advertising than Martinis and Mad Men,” aimed to show students how different branches of an advertising agency work together,Read More
By Kasandra Garza k_g156@txstate.edu Texas State University’s Mass Comm Week continued Tuesday with events about marketing tools and analyzing legislation for political writing. The “Brand You!: Getting Ready to Get a Job in the 21st Century” event featured an author, whose book is under the same title, who discussed the importance of creating a personal brand andRead More
By Anna Herod Dozens of mass communication students filled a media innovation lab at Texas State Tuesday afternoon to learn from a Google News Lab manager about the intersection of journalism and technology. Although the number of students outnumbered the chairs in the room, the students remained attentive as Google News Lab Training and DevelopmentRead More
